Hood for Boys

Bokgeon is a hood worn by men of the Joseon Dynasty, and written as 幅巾 or 邏巾 in Chinese. Originally pronounced as pok, it borrows the sound of 福 (bok), or blessing in Korean, whereas 幅 means a hat made using one panel of cloth. The hood made using a strip of cloth had a slightly round back and a pleated forehead, which was fixed by tying strings attached around the ears at the back of the head. The literati and Confucian scholars wore the hood when they wore a long white robe with black trims, while boys wore it with a straw hat.